The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-18

Ss.ssh4 why dnas he mot give way, 10 ne
ss1Tif3eoV III Moucure. sef Ouuninahsn, OF
! f,-5YTi51 n Drcrit or Of l5ahnui tecn1aei tne
meets us answer comes haol nfliil, ms OF.
ig1t to- BE- fttatned . ngi ~ 49, + Y
~ aaf.5Sff4 ~ tlte frasaht Ddn1ocfa 40 lias-
eruor and the onlemnaflqh ~ IL assAta
Of his administration ang ~ .L. .Lsl, ~
isrliersliiIl and personal popularity o. zen;
NiehnllH. To this sort OF personal fl93il5i!l.
cannot eiyo my assent, ard tg h9 ~ 49, -,
that X will receive tbs Elncuol u tAAs @22ali
49, IN 2y ID Wa Cen Nichols called lig an
other Gineinuatur from his rettrem9Itg -
ian,i tla people Of Louisiana to their aeiIseI-
4 snees Who Of tha Democratic party WIS
eGpsulted when this cal vas made Were
/ tho friends Of hlopeurs, tho irtenqqs q VI
fries ihafriendE 81 u1Dtu nam, INC iLigile.5
1 81 RIef5nery. consul ted aud certainly they
form no ineonxiderajls rartiul Of the DeulLl-
cratic people of the Btaba. Iho cal enlne
! t55s I,SIiai yygre consulted, may ask Was
there great popular assent iliRe 9! stits
/ held IL this or any other Payish q tis siA,te
which passed resolutions calling 10y, MEL t.l5
1 OILS 10 come forward Is q caliCldate2 ana
was this cry taken up and echgau ~ N
I people from parrish 20 parish untl II neeAhit
one great 1utbnrst Of patriotic selltlaal994lt
which could not be igIloFefl-7lle NaEItsa9liie
voice OF the peuIllcf 4 think this can haGstly
! Be pretended. The call came in the shape
! Of 8 letter from a distinguished gentleman OF
q
/ in with the response Of Gov. NiehOlls.
THE LErTIR AND THE RE1PoEsH
evidenced previous canBg1l tation and anTee-
\ mant, but Was this cnnsultaaQn ana agTse-
/ lnentOf q nature to bind any but these 2on-
cerned, or held among 80 large and lnllus N
| tial a portion Of the Democratic party OF tle
/ State as to be expressive Of the sentlineng5
and elIoie0 Of The party2 sun more ga y
/ suITle tbRt they constituted the Democratic
/ party, and could decide in tins arbitrary
4 manner wbut was best ealculated q secure
/ propnsiFions, and come back to the one with
/ which i sfprted which Il that the campaign
I being made by Gen. Nichols, OF IN ms pc
half, is not snch q one e should be waged N
/ the Democratic Dnrtv, and Is not conduelYe
| to its harmony or success.
cratic party of this State, still less 20 en-
| courage war made upon it? Aud here re-
/ peat what | said IN Monroe, that war upon
! the Democratic administration OF The State,
| which we elected and placed ~ power, and
mon Ire party. The bitter assatiItB made
4 UPON that administration, II true, give tine
| Ia TO what /, as we'll IS others Of your repre-
/ we were accredited in defense Of the gov
| eminent of our state since it was Fenitned
to the control of IT'S own people, ! laalpt9ln
/ the verify Of ms ststenlents' Nothing mas
/ been alleged or proven to cause me 20 re
| tract one iots Of my Endorsement OF the hon
! esty, good faith and general success WIN
which the affairs Of tlis State have been al
/ miriistsTed by Gov. Nichols and his Demo
| cratic successois TO the present hour.
/ THE PRESENT GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA
! is now on trial as have been his pFedeees-
Sors. In the administration OF his migrate
| fUl Office he has made enem9efy IS qla they,
but after he shall have closed lbs official life,
| whether TenOmlnateu or NOT the verdict oi
] the peOpie will be- rs in the caves Of NICHOLS
! and the lamented WiIt2, that he was true
and devoted patriot, who filled the duties Of
his a71lnl 6DunFgtelT and We'll, hlEn
equal credit to himself and the State
/ repeat, can the Democratic party afford
to divide, and can we ,ailord . war ll Peg!
State, and when j last mad the honor 10 make
| q political speech IN Shreveport, there was
no division in our ranks; our peopie were NOT
and fighting AS one man against a COM
mon enemy. Can any one ray that tins
Is now the caRe2 Our DemocrNtie news
papers now war upon each other; 9nf
| mass meetings aud conventions split into
factions, our State committee battle Tor
asCendeucy AZ il composed Of RIVAL par
ties. New tests are proposed 70 our eaHdl57
dates for Congress, aad they are Tequested
to align Themselves upon Staleand 10Ctl0nal,
instead OF national issues. II this change
because. ne have come into power IN the
national government, and 20 longer have an
organized enemy to fight at homer III so, j
would far rather that our Old enemy, the
Republican party, Was again fully organized
and strong enough to contest with us t0T
political asceudenoy. Then we would cease
to hattle anloHE ourselves and tilEn TO tlghtouT
enemies. And how long may il he before our
opponents are in the field again 70 tale adj
yaIt8ge~Uf our dissenslQna ? The Republican
4 party of this State still lives, though sleep
ing. Their State committee have Tecelit5
4 been in session. They are ready 20 pr0ht ns
our divisions. do not fear their party suc-
cess, but are you wiling to divide and to per,
init them to hold the balance of power In
yOurs7 am not afraid Of African DONNA
ton, bat are You willing to divide and &c
THE MICRO VOTE
to hold the balance of power and to decide
the question between your con 'endlLg fac
lions! j call your attention To these tl9nReri
because they wait upon dis9oTd and dlss6n
sion, and what has happened elsewhere II
the history Of the country may occur again.
Tho success Of Alallone IN Virginia grew on
Of division in the Demecgatic party! and tht
I. eolorcd vote converted his minority whit
vote inSO o majority, which sent him to th'
Senate aud temporarily gave the Seafe 20 TIL
Republicans. IN Miss ssippi the indepenten
party in 1883 was composed Of Doltinl
Democrats, who organized the colOred Yotl
and caused all the political trouble in Ioplnl
and other eountleR.
Hnd, u we cannot AFFORD 70 qlvlIier We canno
j afford to make war upon each other.
| You men Of OaddO have won your own u b
critics and conquered Your own peace ,!
gonr united and determined action. Eol
owe your success to no policy Of eoinpr0nlls
s ! or Cancellation. Do not in q campaign Q
: strife and bitterness lmperil or throw ava,
r the blessings of good government to Whicl
! you owe your great and growing prosperity
Il And now followed ti1ens permit me q wore
1 OF Two personal to myself. ! have deelinel
3 TO be drawn into var OF factions, which
have not aided 70 inaagurate, and ! hay
9 been OF course subjected 10 some
UNJUST AND USwAHRAsTABIE oRrTteIsM
\ ] have been charged By some Of the snal
4 pArtisaIts, and in some Of the newspapers Q
i the country, with being afraid g take side
4 with being, in the vulgar slang OF the day
i have taken, feIlov-eitizens, an humbl
part ID the politics Of the STATE ever SING
= aBas whom l returned to nay home . pf
rolled soldier, after serving through the wa
) From that date unit the full restoration Z
y 0ur liberties in 1877, ] took an active pal
e in every campaign ygBeed by uur people IA
l. she redemption Of our State, and served I
ii the best Of my ability wherever duty Gale
o me. In all that time think my record Wi
= show that never shirked or failed to lnet
d 1 any political issue, or any Political enemy
u and that was never Tor one moment nndi
" cided, or ''on the. fence. when the interest
4 OF my party, Or d the people o. this stats
1t we're concerned. 1 served the people Of til
Il State SAX years IN the United States Senat,
u and ! challenge invest gation qf my reeoT
le TO shoN q single instance where ] syS
shirked Or failed 10 meet single question
e lp0n which difference OF opinion existe
q during my service in That body, still LEI
se where failed IN my duty TO my people o
81 sny question in which their interests Z
le honor were involved.
~ III this is true, and challenge eo1sradi
~ ton, ! can affofd To treat with contempt, I
d. do the petty attacks which are made ups
u me, beeause ] do not choose to engage III
a. HaF upon membersOf my 9En party and up0
sae Democratie administration HHieh it h
IL placed IN power.
y loW.eitizens, I do not aspire to par
q leadership nor desire it at the expense Of u
IA convictions. ] have no ambition 10 b.
4, iooasH or ~ control IN any nlanlieF lie ind
N pendent ANA honest oIiniQN Of Eny other lna
~ What yield to others j claim tgf myself al
do not propose to submit to the dietafi0n
Of any party loader, no matter how much pG
M AOuaiiy he may command my respect
~ ana indebted to tie people 81 GHddO (
ad tletr constant and generous political 81
III port Ihe Votes Of their RspTeaentatiy